The Theater Offensive Announces 2023 Queer (Re)public Residents
Cheyenne Wyzzard-Jones, Victoria L. Awkward, and Annalise Guidry will participate in the 22-month residency that aims to support queer and trans artists of color.
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Giovanna Sardelli Is Meeting the Moment
The newly appointed artistic director of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley makes the case for keeping communities close through storytelling onstage.
Virginia Rep Removes Co-Founding Managing Director
Whiteway has served the Richmond theatre community for 48 years.
Janet Stanford to Depart Imagination Stage
Stanford will depart the organization after more than 30 years of service to young audiences in the DMV area and beyond.
The Theatre of Politics, or the Politics of Theatre? Yes.
Two new books consider the possibilities and limits of documentary theatre in a polarized nation.
Reading Race Through Shakespeare, and Vice Versa
Two books come not to bury the Bard but to bring his writing down to the common ground we share.
Can a Theatre Critic Be a Good Dad?
Priscilla Gilman’s memoir portrays her father, Richard Gilman, as a passionate, difficult figure who bequeathed her life lessons, many unwittingly.
A Man in Full: August Wilson and His Plays, in All Their Complexity
Patti Hartigan’s excellent new biography gives us a rich portrait of the playwright’s life and art, and a measure of his significance.
Offscript: Revisiting the NICU with Mike Lew and Moritz von Stuelpnagel
On this episode we talk to playwright Mike Lew and director Moritz von Stuelpnagel about taking ‘tiny father’ from audio to audience and catch up with critic J. Wynn Rousuck about the Contemporary American Theater Festival.
This Month in Theatre History
August theatre history brings the heat of protest, rolling blackouts, the creation of two new companies, and the less-than-stellar U.S. premiere of a literary star.
